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Data description article
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Data description article |
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CFDID: a China Flood Disaster Impact Database from 1994 to 2023
Shibo Cui
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Water and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
Department of Hydro Sciences, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, 01062, Germany
Shiruo Hu
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Zhiqi Wan
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Jiaru Wang
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Jinchao Tang
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Ruixi Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Yingjia Li
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Xinpeng Yu
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Yiqian Tan
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Wenbo Shan
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Jianshi Zhao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Data sets
CFDID: China Flood Disaster Impact Database (1994–2023) Shibo Cui et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22918521
Global Flood Records (0.9.0) DFO https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19288171
Model code and software
CFDID: China Flood Disaster Impact Database (1994–2023) Shibo Cui et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22918521
Short summary
Floods have caused widespread societal and economic impacts in China, yet long-term and systematic records remain scarce. Using document scanning and large language models, we compiled and manually verified 1716 flood disaster records from 66 official documents covering 1994 to 2023. This open database provides a more complete picture of flood impacts in China than widely used international sources and can support research, disaster preparedness, risk reduction and insurance.
Floods have caused widespread societal and economic impacts in China, yet long-term and...
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